Prostate gland massaging implement



Aug. 2, 1949, H. M. SMALLEN PROSTATE .GLAND MASSAGING IMPLEMENT FiledAug. 12, 1947 kNVENTOR. HflRE) M swam A TTOR'NE 7T Patented Aug. 2, 1949UNITED STATES PATENT GFF-IQE PRO STA'I- E' MAS SAKGING IMPLEMENT HarryM. Smallen, New York, N. Y.

Application August '12, 1947", Serial- No": 7 68,105

5'Claims. l

The present invention relates to a: simple instrument by means of which:the-"prostate'gland can be massaged, and constitutes generally animprovement upon the prostate gland" massaging implement forming thesubject matter' of: my copending application, Serial No. 658,819, filed:April 1', 1946.

In my aforesaid application; the chief facts and: desiderata concerningthe prostate gland have been set forth, but I wish to emphasize herethat while the prostate gland is situated below the bladder and adjacentthe front Wall" of the rectum, it is easily accessible'via the analcanal. In chronic prostatitis and in other diseases and infections ofthe prostate gland, it has been found that gentle manipulation andmassage constitute the best form of treatment. Whether this acts toeliminate accumul'at'ed'secretions, to stimulate the contractionofsmooth muscle fibres, to complete the removal of periph eral adhesions,or in some other therapeutic manner, the fact remains that many cases ofprostatic disease are improved or alleviated in such manner. Treatmentsof such character have been primarily carried out by the physician usingprotected finger, but for reasons out-- lined in my saidcopendingapplication, it'would be highly advantageous to provide asimple in strument with which the patient cancarry out the necessarymassaging himself in the privacy of his home. A suitable instrument wasprovided for the first time, I believe, by my afore said application,but I have now' additionallyfound that quicker and more effective andlasting results may be achieved by a modilied forn'l of instrument.

It is, accordingly, an object of" this invention to provide an improvedprostate glandz massager of such nature that a layman. can readilylearn. how to massage his own prostate. gland, easily and safely aftershort instructions from a phy sician.

Another object/of the invention. is tO'DIOVifiEE a prostate glandmassaaer t extremely simple" construction but admirably adapted. to.ease; of? manipulation from the front of the body.

An additional object of the invention resides: in a prostate glandmassager having a circunr ferentially resilient massaging tipofvgreater... massaging area and power than the implement: of my saidcopending' application;

A further object of the invention is to produce a prostate glandmassager having a circumferentially resilient massaging tip withaam:rigid spine eccentrically" disposediinsuch: tin-1..

Other-iandsstill further objects and advantages will be: understood. andappreciatedzzloythose skilledrin this art; onwill be apparent on pointedout; h ereinaften.

In: the: accompanying drawing in which": ex; emplary embodiments of theinvention? have been iliustratedc" Fig; 1. is: a partial section:through a lumran: bodyshowing'my new massager inipositi'ongs ready foruse".

Fig. 2 is a vertical elevational viewof the massager.

Fig. 3: is a view of the massager'as viewed lnthe direction of thetarrows il -3 in Fig. 1-.

Figs. 4e, 5,1.and 6 are," respectively; front; side and sectional viewsof'the'tip or: spine. without its: covering members.

Fig; 5w i-s'a similar view to. Fig; 5; but' with the coveringmembersr'implace thereon:

Eigsz. 7. and-I 81 are front and side views of a modified form. ofresilient? sponge rubber element adapted! taint-over the tip or spine"of Figs;

Fig: 9 is a partial: elevation and partial: sec-'- tion: through a: tipor: spinesimilar to Fig. 511; but mndifiedi thereover;

Fig.1 1G: is: 'a transverse section through F 'ig 91 Fig; 111; a v iewsimil'ar toFi'g. f a further modified tip or'Jspine.

Riga. 12: is a'transverse: section through Fig: 1I'.'

My 'new' prostate glandimassager has a: relatiyelystraightand verticalhandle portion ll) terminating? in at bent. end or hook portion H"extending more" or' less horizontally forwardly. Below porlfion lllf themassager' curves rear'wardly and-downwardly, as at I 2,. substantiallyconcenttically to the: adjacent abdominal: portion- [3 oiihody Band"them continues downwardl'y and rearwardlyapproximately parallel to thegroin portion. M of 1. the body B; final-1y. turning upwardlydrr-a:slightly forwardly tilte'd tip or'spine portibn li'a which isadaptedixto pass through the anai opening oncanal l-B"leadingto therectum l1 adjacent the forwardwall til of whichv liesthe iprostate."gland" l9 traversed by urethra; 2U whichi connects withi bladder" 21-.The portion ot the: massagen oppusite groinr l l 'h'as ofiSet'zzl'tovby-"pass the genital organs 23 (Fig; 3*)". The tip orspine I?)has one flat side24 which connects witlrlthe circulanba-lanceof themas-- sagerviamerging: transition piece Errandan annulani transverse?!grooves 26 just 'beyond --piece 25. The parts of the massager so fardescribed are preferably" composed of: a synthetic pl astic material:such; asfililucitegbuu any othen'suitablef material: be equallywelhusedz As will be observed from Fig. a, the spine I5 is surrounded bysponge or foam rubber member 21. This may be a tubular member slippedover spine [5 or in any other suitable physical form such as a sheet ofsponge rubber wrapped around such spine. The spine and sponge rubber areenclosed by a rubber cot 28 which compresses the sponge rubber member 21and forms a circumferentially resilient massager. Since the spine I5 isat one side of the instrument, i. e., is asymmetrically disposed, themassaging end of the instrument when covered by the sponge rubber memberand the cot has the spine eccentrically arranged therein with a bufferedtip 28a. The cot 28 is secured by a neck-like extension 29 which isanchored in groove 26 by friction, compression or adhesive or acombination of such. While the cot-covered end of the massager is ingeneral finger-shaped, it increases somewhat in diameter toward itsdistal end and is well-rounded and firm but resilient and yielding underpressure. In this connection, the materials and arrangement are suchthat the massager tip yields in every direction in which force orpressure may be applied thereto and hence is circumferentiallyresilient.

Figs. 7 and 8 show a somewhat flattened and grooved out sponge rubbermember 210. which has a rectangular aperture 30 atone end. Spine I5 isinserted through this aperture so that member 21a covers such spine withits flange-like marginal portions 3|, and that a cot is applied over thewhole and secured in place as already explained. Members 2'! and 21aare, therefore, preshaped in order to produce a massager tip of propersize and configuration.

In Figs. 9 and 10, the massager lOb has its eccentric spine [51) opposedby a U -shaped sponge rubber member 2'") in such manner as to leave anair space 32 therebetween, thus modifying the resiliency of the tip as awhole due to an aircushion effect when pressure is exerted more or lesslaterally against the tip which is covered on the outside by a cot 28bsecured at 291) as hereinbefore described. The resiliency of themassager tip may be still further modified, as shown in Figs. 11 and 12,by substituting an infiated, balloon-like member 33 for the U-shapedsponge rubber member 211). Member 33 also provides an air space 34 butin a specifically different manner. In other respects, the construction.of the massager is like those described above, as will be appreciatedfrom the numerals employed.

When the massager is to be used, it is placed in the position shown inFig. 1, with the body being preferably bent forwardly i. e., the thighsbeing bent substantially at right angles relative to the abdominal walland a suitable lubricant having been applied to the outside of the cotto prevent undesired friction. The massager is grasped by the handle IDwith the hand up against the stop II and the massager is then moved oroscillated laterally by handle portion H! in a manner and for a periodof time prescribed by a physician. This action is similar to thataccomplished by the physicians massaging finger. The hooked end servesas a stop to afford a good grip to hold the hand from sliding off thehandle l0. Instead of being hook shaped, the stop may take any otherform, for instance, a ball on the end of handle Ill would serve the samepurpose.

In this manner, the required massaging action is applied to prostategland l9 through rectal wall Hi. It will be noted that the softresilient wall 4 21 will readily adapt itself to any pathologicalirregularity of the gland with a minimum of irri- .tation. Thetreatments can be carried out by the patient in the privacy of his homewithout embarrassment, without requiring an undue amount .of thephysicians time and hence at a correspondingly diminished cost. Themassager can readily be sterilized after use and is relativelyinexpensive as to its initial cost. Due to the configuration-of themassager and the off-set portion 22, the adjacent body parts are notrubbed, chafed or otherwise disturbed or affected. Actual use of my newmassager has proved the efilcacy and value thereof and the ease oftreating the prostate gland therewith.

While the massaging tip and finger out have been described as being ofrubber it will be obvious that any other suitable resilient andwaterproof material may be used for the purpose, and wherever the termrubber is used in the claims it is intended to include various othersuitable plastics and other materials.

The foregoing is presented as illustrative and not as limitative sincevarious further modifications may be made without departing from thespirit or principles thereof. The invention is rather that defined bythe appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A prostrate gland massager comprising a relatively straight, verticalhandle portion with a, terminal stop, a rearwardly and downwardlyextending portion having an intermediate lateral off-set and an upwardlyand slightly forwardly tilted tip which is circumferentially resilientand adapted to contact the frontal rectal wall of a human body, said tiphaving a spine positioned eccentrically relative to the body member ofthe massager, a resilient member on said spine with a thickened portionon the massaging side thereof, and a resilient cot covering saidresilient member and spine and secured to said massager, in asubstantially water and air tight manner.

=2. A prostate gland massager comprising a relatively straight, verticalhandle portion with a terminal hook, a rearwardly and downwardlyextending portion having an intermediate lateral off-set and an upwardlyand slightly forwardly tilted tip which is circumferentially resilientand adapted to contact the frontal rectal wall of a human body, said tiphaving a spine positioned eccentrically relative to the body member ofthe massager, a resilient member on said spine and a resilient cotcovering said resilient member and secured to said massager, saidresilient member being a pre-shape resilient sponge tube.

3. A prostate gland massager comprising a relatively straight, verticalhandle portion with terminal hook, a rearwardly and downwardly extendingportion having an intermediate lateral off-set and an upwardly andslightly forwardly tilted tip which is circumferentially resilient andadapted to contact the frontal rectal wall of a human body, said tiphaving an eccentrically located spine, a resilient member on said spineand a resilient cot covering said spine and resilient member and securedto said massager, said resilient member being of pre-shaped softwaterproof material having marginal flanges and an aperture in one endfor the reception of said spine.

4. A prostate gland massager comprising a relatively straight, verticalhandle portion with a terminal hook, a rearwardly and downwardlyextending portion having an intermediate lateral off-set and an upwardlyand slightly forwardly tilted tip which is circumferentially resilientand adapted to contact the frontal rectal wall of a human body, said tiphaving an eccentrically positioned spine, a resilient member on saidspine and a resilient cot covering said resilient member and spine andsecured to said massager, said resilient member being of U-shaped softwaterproof material disposed to form an air space between it and saidspine.

5. A prostate gland massager comprising a relatively straight, verticalhandle portion with a terminal stop, a rearwardly and downwardlyextending portion having an intermediate lateral off-set and an upwardlyand slightly forwardly tilted tip which is circumferentially resilientand HARRY M. SMALLEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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